To Prepare:
Review Chapter 7 of the Jansson text as needed.
Review the assigned Georgia voting policy, Election Integrity Act of 2021. Use this policy to familiarize yourself with the structure of policy documents and the process for policy analysis
Review the Policy Selection Process document. This document outlines the search for and selection of the Election Integrity Act of 2021
Identify the social problem(s) addressed in the policy.
Select an excerpt from the policy that you would change—this could be a small change, like an addition, or a large change, like a complete revision or removal—to better alleviate the social problem.
Write a 3-page paper that addresses the following:
1. Describe the social problem(s) addressed in the policy.
*Which areas in the policy indicated the social problem(s) to you?
*Why, as a social worker, should you be concerned with the
problem(s)?
*Are there other problem(s) not directly identified that might be
impacted, positively or adversely, by the policy?
2. Which population(s) is/are impacted by the problem?
*What is the relationship between the social problem(s) and the
population(s)? In other words, why are some people impacted by the problem(s) when others are not?
*How is/are the population(s) taken into consideration in the
policy?
3. Summarize the excerpt from the policy that you identified as needing change.
*What are the strengths of this excerpt in helping to alleviate the
social problem? If you do not see any strengths, that is okay—
explain why.
*What are the limitations of this excerpt in helping to alleviate the social problem(s) for the population(s)?
*What specific changes would you make to the excerpt to
alleviate the social problem(s) for the population(s)? You can
describe the changes or quote direct policy language you would
change.
RESOURCE:
Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice (8th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Chapter 7, “Analyzing Problems in the First Step of Policy Analysis” (pp. 204–243)
Georgia General Assembly. (2021). SB 202: Election Integrity Act of 2021. https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59827
